I wanted to get out in the woods and do some walking after doing most of my exercise in Seattle on sidewalks and streets. I thought of doing a hike nearby on trails with which I'm familiar; I selected or rather the situation selected the Coal Creek Falls Loop out of the Sky Country Trail Head on Cougar Mountain.
The parking lot was somewhat crowded (about half full) and several parties were in the lot getting ready for their hike. My first thought was to do a hike along the Military Road Trail so headed down Cave Hole but encountered no hikers {surprised}. Then decided to do the Coal Creek Falls loop as it appeared there were not that many folks on the trail, I was mistaken. Going down toward the falls I met several groups with dogs and children and found several groups having lunch around the falls.
I had no problem keeping a safe distance from these groups by stepping off the trail or waiting to go into areas where they had stopped.
The trails are in good shape with little mud. Flowers like phlox and fox glove are in bloom and generally the weather was great for this hike. Coal Creek Falls had what I think of as a average flow.
Hike statistics: time 1 hr 50 min, distance 3.8 miles, elevation gain 453 feet. Hike details and map https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/recording-jun-29-1-14-pm-f5f8590?p=-1
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